§ Mr. McFallTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the costs involved for repairing damage resulting from vandalism by prisoners at each prison in England and Wales in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from A. J. Butler to Mr. John McFall, dated 25 April 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the costs of repairing damage resulting from vandalism by prisoners at prisons in England and Wales in each of the past five years.Our records do not show what proportion of general expenditure on works and repairs (which amounted in each financial year from, and including, 1988–89, to £103.8 million, £107.4 million, £111.8 million, £122.5 million to £94.0 million) was incurred on repairs of damage caused by vandalism by prisoners.